BRINELL HARDNESS NUMBERS & TENSILE STRENGTH EQUIVALENTS

WITH CORRESPONDING HV & HRC VALUES

Brinell Ø of Brinell Vickers Rockwell C Equiv. Rm Equiv. Rm Equiv. Rm
Impression Hardness # Hardness # Hardness
mm HB HV HRC tonf/in² kgf/in² N/mm²
2.50 (601) 640 57 - - -
2.55 (578) 615 56 - - -
2.60 (555) 591 54.5 - - -
2.65 (534) 569 53.5 - - -
2.70 (514) 547 52 - - -
2.75 (495) 528 51 - - -
2.80 (477) 508 49.5 - - -
2.85 (461) 491 48.5 101 160 1569
2.90 444 474 47 98 155 1520
2.95 429 455 45.5 95 150 1471
3.00 415 440 44.5 92 145 1422
3.05 401 425 43 88 139 1363
3.10 388 410 42 85 134 1314
3.15 375 396 40.5 82 129 1265
3.20 363 383 39 80 126 1236
3.25 352 372 38 77 121 1187
3.30 341 360 36.5 75 118 1157
3.35 331 350 35.5 73 114 1118
3.40 321 339 34.5 71 111 1089
3.45 311 328 33 68 107 1049
3.50 302 319 32 66 104 1020
3.55 293 309 31 64 101 990
3.60 285 301 30 63 99 971
3.65 277 292 29 61 96 941
3.70 269 284 27.5 59 93 912
3.75 262 276 26.5 58 91 892
3.80 255 269 25.5 56 89 873
3.85 248 261 24 55 87 853
3.90 241 253 23 53 84 824
3.95 235 247 22 51 81 794
4.00 229 241 20.5 50 79 775
4.05 223 235 49 77 755
4.10 217 228 48 76 745
4.15 212 223 46 73 716
4.20 207 218 45 71 696
4.30 197 208 43 68 667
4.40 187 197 41 65 637
4.50 179 189 39 62 608
4.60 170 179 36 57 559
4.70 163 172 35 55 539
4.80 156 165 34 54 530
4.90 149 157 32 51 500
5.00 143 150 31 49 481
5.10 137 144 31 49 481
5.20 131 138 30 47 461
5.30 126 133 29 46 451
5.40 121 127 28 44 431
5.50 116 122 27 43 422
5.60 111 117 26 41 402
5.70 107 113 25 39 382
5.80 103 108 24 38 373
The figures in parenthesis require a ‘modified’ Brinell Test, i.e. a Tungsten carbide ball is required
where the HB value exceeds 450. HB to HV and HV to HRC conversions are based on ASTM E140